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the pentagon is introducing a new award to ensure those fighting us wars from afar receive ample recognition defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it'll be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who waged their battles without setting foot in combat zones earlier are to. explain to my colleague research what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it together and medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away. per
the pentagon is introducing a new award to ensure those fighting us wars from afar receive ample recognition defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it'll be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who waged their battles without setting foot in combat zones earlier are to. explain to my colleague research what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award essentially that's all...
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so it's a lot of money in a short amount of time, and it will affect pentagon workers, and they've made a point, they're going to have to be furloughed a day a week beginning inapril. you are going to probably have individual stories of hurt and pain, the family that saved up for a vacation and shows up at a national park, two kids in the backseat, and it's closed. that's what happened during the government shutdown. it's stories like that that can go viral. you are going to have kids turned away from headstart because they can't afford to cover that many people. but it's not all going to be felt in one day. and frankly, people are so cynical about government and government spending that most people think, you know, either the politicians are going to solve this at the last minute, or it is not going to matter anyway. so you haven't -- the president has tried to gin up an emotional reaction in the country among his supporters, and i don't think that's really happened. >> to add to that, only 44 billion of the 85 billion in cuts will go into effect in 2013, amounting to about 0.6% of gdp
so it's a lot of money in a short amount of time, and it will affect pentagon workers, and they've made a point, they're going to have to be furloughed a day a week beginning inapril. you are going to probably have individual stories of hurt and pain, the family that saved up for a vacation and shows up at a national park, two kids in the backseat, and it's closed. that's what happened during the government shutdown. it's stories like that that can go viral. you are going to have kids turned...
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oil embargo against iran dealt another blow the pentagon's walk ins had a iran by reportedly making illegal purchases with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been particularly warm this week group arrest expressing concerns over london plans to extend restrictions for a mania is looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of living there or he's probably boyko reports on why u.k. officials are seeking to sell you their own country's reputation. as one official put it the negative ad campaign about britain would help to dispel the myth that the streets in the u.k. all paved with gold and the politicians certainly are worried and they've got it wrong in the past the previous year was the year of the olympics and politicians trump and trumpeting great britain and how long and in britain is the best destination the world billions of pounds poured into advertising to really sell the u.k. today it seems that for immigrants potent
oil embargo against iran dealt another blow the pentagon's walk ins had a iran by reportedly making illegal purchases with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been particularly warm this week group arrest expressing concerns over london plans to extend restrictions for a mania is looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of...
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oil embargo against iran dealt another blow the pentagon's walk ins had a are run by reportedly making illegal purchases with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been particularly warm this week group arrest expressing concerns over london plans to extend restrictions for a mania is looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of living there or he's poly boyko reports on why u.k. officials are seeking to sell you their own country's reputation. as one official put it the negative ad campaign about britain would help to dispel the myth that the streets in the u.k. all paved with gold and the politicians certainly are worried and they've got it wrong in the past the previous year was the year of the olympics and politicians trump and trumpeting great britain and how long and in britain is the best destination the world billions of pounds poured into advertising to really sell the u.k. but it seems that for immigrants pote
oil embargo against iran dealt another blow the pentagon's walk ins had a are run by reportedly making illegal purchases with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been particularly warm this week group arrest expressing concerns over london plans to extend restrictions for a mania is looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of...
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that will quite trivial by comparison that's my worst case i want to ask you about the new face of the pentagon chuck hagel he allowed himself to say outright attacking iran is a stupid idea and i believe you also called for direct negotiations do you think we could see direct negotiations any time soon with chuck hagel in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is a if he. is it his approach to be his defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense department doing quintessentially defense secretary things in this environment which is to cut the budget and try to keep the united states out of another war now that peace to try to keep the united states out of another war could have impact here but the problem is he what he cou
that will quite trivial by comparison that's my worst case i want to ask you about the new face of the pentagon chuck hagel he allowed himself to say outright attacking iran is a stupid idea and i believe you also called for direct negotiations do you think we could see direct negotiations any time soon with chuck hagel in the ministration well if he i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the...
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the oil embargo against iran adding to washington's headaches especially when the arrests are in this pentagon and the illegal fuel purchases paid for with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been to italy warm this week bucharest expressed concerns over london's plans to extend restrictions on remains looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads highlighting the drawbacks of living there are these bali boyko reports on why u.k. officials sought to sully their own country's reputation. as one official put it the negative ad campaign about britain would help to dispel the myth that the streets in the u.k. all paved with gold and the politicians certainly are worried and they've got it wrong in the past the previous year was the year of the olympics and politicians trump and trumpeting great britain and how long and in britain is the best destination the world billions of pounds poured into advertising to really sell the u.k. but it seems that for immigrant
the oil embargo against iran adding to washington's headaches especially when the arrests are in this pentagon and the illegal fuel purchases paid for with taxpayer dollars more on that sanction busting later in the program. but first relations between romania and the u.k. haven't been to italy warm this week bucharest expressed concerns over london's plans to extend restrictions on remains looking to work in britain this after london's attempt to scare off potential migrants with ads...
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mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war work force expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander with whom i have spoken is going to be is the next major war will include is cyber component which is the traditional insurgency a body of their craft the central ground troops the next floor all certainly will include the cyber component and the edge of cyber war france could become foes by the click of a mouse and some say in a very short time relations between the u.s. and china over virtual espionage can resemble the long stalemate that took place at the soviet union during the cold war we're in a port i.r.t. new york. now we here at r.t. want to make the story a bit more interactive and give you a chance to have your say on what these hacking scandals are all about so you can head over to our web site that address is r t dot com and take part in a special poll that we've put together for you so those of you
mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war work force expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander with whom i have spoken is going to be is the next major war will include is cyber component which is the traditional insurgency a body of their craft the central ground troops the next floor all certainly will include...
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pentagon will take the biggest hit. president obama warned of dire consequences yesterday. >> the threat of these cuts has forced the navy to delay the deployment of an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf. just this week, the pentagon announced that if these cuts go through, almost 800,000 defense employees, the equivalent of every person in miami and cleveland combined will be forced to take an unpaid leave. >> with that, let's take the debate to our first roundtable. headlined by mike rogers of michigan. lead democrat on the house foreign affairs committee eric engoal and our own george will and christiane amanpour. >> the impact on the national security, no doubt. only 2 cents on the dollar over the whole federal budget. that's in seven months and highlighted, put at least most of the burden on the defense department. that's going to have an impact. that's a 13% cut. the best way to get through this, we can point fingers the best way to do this is to allow flexibility. if you allow flexibility -- >> i wanted to brin
pentagon will take the biggest hit. president obama warned of dire consequences yesterday. >> the threat of these cuts has forced the navy to delay the deployment of an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf. just this week, the pentagon announced that if these cuts go through, almost 800,000 defense employees, the equivalent of every person in miami and cleveland combined will be forced to take an unpaid leave. >> with that, let's take the debate to our first roundtable. headlined by...
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did the bruising confirmation battle hurt him in the pentagon? an opponent to hagel. thanks for joining us today. >> glad to be with you, thank you. >> now that he's sworn in, what would you like to see as you monitor how he does at the pentagon? >> you know, let me say this, andrea, i view this as yesterday's story. we made a good case that this was a flawed candidate. he's my secretary and yours. i wish him well. as a matter of fact, the first thing i want to do under sequestration is give the secretary of defense and the president of the united states the flexibility under the overall cap to move money around and make the sequestration cuts as painless and less disruptive as possible. >> well, do you think that the confirmation battle weakened him and do you have any regrets about the way that confirmation battle was undertaken by his critics? >> i think we made an honorable case. i still believe his pronouncements and positions over time put him way outside the bipartisan foreign policy mainstream but the president was able to hold his democratic votes, even among
did the bruising confirmation battle hurt him in the pentagon? an opponent to hagel. thanks for joining us today. >> glad to be with you, thank you. >> now that he's sworn in, what would you like to see as you monitor how he does at the pentagon? >> you know, let me say this, andrea, i view this as yesterday's story. we made a good case that this was a flawed candidate. he's my secretary and yours. i wish him well. as a matter of fact, the first thing i want to do under...